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Author Second Nic does not work
ndxp@hotmail.com

2005-08-02, 2:55 am

Hello all,

I'm trying to configure a second nic card in a ES40 (5.1B) alphaserver
without any luck.The firmware console and the OS both see the card. But
when I try to bring up the tu0 interface
no traffic seems to going thru it. Ping does not return.

I have already the done the following -

1. on firmware console
set ewa0_mode auto


2. built a new kernel using doconfig.


here are the kernel messages -

( nic card that does not work)

Aug 1 10:52:32 yamuna vmunix: tu0: DECchip 21143: Revision: 3.0
Aug 1 10:52:32 yamuna vmunix: tu0: auto negotiation capable device
Aug 1 10:52:32 yamuna vmunix: tu0 at pci1 slot 3
Aug 1 10:52:32 yamuna vmunix: tu0: DEC TULIP (10/100) Ethernet
Interface, hardware address: 00-00-F8-08-38-30
Aug 1 10:52:32 yamuna vmunix: tu0: auto negotiation off: selecting
10BaseT (UTP) port: full duplex


( nic card which works)

Aug 2 07:25:11 yamuna vmunix: ee0 at pci1 slot 6
Aug 2 07:25:11 yamuna vmunix: ee0: COMPAQ Intel 82559 (10/100 Mbps)
Ethernet Interface
Aug 2 07:25:11 yamuna vmunix: ee0: Driver Rev = V1.0.28, Chip Rev = 8,
hardware address: 00-50-8B-B8-9F-69

Does anyone have any suggestions ? does tu0 nic card work with ES40?

thanks in advance

Brian Haley

2005-08-02, 6:05 pm

ndxp@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm trying to configure a second nic card in a ES40 (5.1B) alphaserver
> without any luck.The firmware console and the OS both see the card. But
> when I try to bring up the tu0 interface
> no traffic seems to going thru it. Ping does not return.
>
> I have already the done the following -
>
> 1. on firmware console
> set ewa0_mode auto



> Does anyone have any suggestions ? does tu0 nic card work with ES40?


Don't do step 1. Set the mode exactly as you want it, typing "set
ewa0_mode" without any args will show you what's available.

-Brian
nafc@snet.net

2005-08-04, 6:00 pm


ndxp@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm trying to configure a second nic card in a ES40 (5.1B) alphaserver
> without any luck.The firmware console and the OS both see the card. But
> when I try to bring up the tu0 interface
> no traffic seems to going thru it. Ping does not return.
>
> I have already the done the following -
>
> 1. on firmware console
> set ewa0_mode auto
>
>
> 2. built a new kernel using doconfig.
>
>
> here are the kernel messages -
>
> ( nic card that does not work)
>
> Aug 1 10:52:32 yamuna vmunix: tu0: DECchip 21143: Revision: 3.0
> Aug 1 10:52:32 yamuna vmunix: tu0: auto negotiation capable device
> Aug 1 10:52:32 yamuna vmunix: tu0 at pci1 slot 3
> Aug 1 10:52:32 yamuna vmunix: tu0: DEC TULIP (10/100) Ethernet
> Interface, hardware address: 00-00-F8-08-38-30
> Aug 1 10:52:32 yamuna vmunix: tu0: auto negotiation off: selecting
> 10BaseT (UTP) port: full duplex
>
>
> ( nic card which works)
>
> Aug 2 07:25:11 yamuna vmunix: ee0 at pci1 slot 6
> Aug 2 07:25:11 yamuna vmunix: ee0: COMPAQ Intel 82559 (10/100 Mbps)
> Ethernet Interface
> Aug 2 07:25:11 yamuna vmunix: ee0: Driver Rev = V1.0.28, Chip Rev = 8,
> hardware address: 00-50-8B-B8-9F-69
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions ? does tu0 nic card work with ES40?
>
> thanks in advance


I think to get Tru64 to use more than one NIC you have to use 'lag'
(Link aggregation). man lag for details.

nafc

ndxp@hotmail.com

2005-08-08, 2:51 am

Thanks for the replies .I solved the problem by putting a newer nic
card.
The one which have the DEC chips are ancient. The card with COMPAQ
Intel 82559 worked without any problems as the secong nic.

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